A Microsoft attorney will attack Google's book search service in a speech Tuesday to the Association of American Publishers (AAP), saying Google is misappropriating principles of fair use to further its own business model.

The Internet is a mirror of the population that uses it, said Google's vice president and chief Internet evangelist, Vinton Cerf, in reference to the proliferation of fraud, social abuse, and other online crimes.

Google has reached an agreement with two groups representing authors and photographers in Belgium that had objected to the way the company indexes and displays their content on its Google News Web site.

Google will launch a public test to show display and video ads on Google Video, another step in the search giant's slow exploration of graphical ads on its own services, according to sources familiar with the plans.

Now in its thirteenth incarnation, Corel Graphics Suite seems confident enough to take on Adobe’s Creative Suite 2, armed with a stack of new functions and an attractive price. Its features are strong, but there’s obviously a desire not to tempt fate – the company decided against naming it CorelDraw 13.

Google is poised to pay $1 billion for a five per cent stake in Time Warner's America Online Inc. unit, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday afternoon on its Web site, moments after also reporting that Google and AOL are in exclusive talks related to an advertising partnership.

Paint Shop Pro has been around for years, but this is the first major version to be released after its acquisition by Corel. While often seen as a poor man’s Photoshop, there’s enough here to satisfy people who infrequently edit images, such as 3D modellers and animators, and video editors and compositors. At £99, it’s also a lot less expensive.

A lawsuit filed against Google last week by a group of publishers alleging copyright infringement over its ambitious plan to scan and digitize thousands of books was painted as a routine part of doing business by Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive officer, during a speech in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Corel has introduced the Painter IX Art Pen Brush Pack, a collection of new brushes designed to work and take advantage of the Wacom 6D Art Pen. Corel and Wacom worked together on the new brushes, which will respond to the "barrel rotation" capability in the 6D Art Pen. The brushes are available as a free download from Corel.